Again breakfast was at 7am and we headed out in the dinghies around 8am. The first island visit would take us to the volcanic lava flows of Isla Santiago but before this we skirted around Isla Bartolomé looking for signs of the Galãpagos penguin. We were lucky and saw a few individuals, one still moulting […]
Day 55 : Galãpagos (Cerro Dragón on Isla Santa Cruz, Isla Rãbida)
The view to Isla Santa Cruz Exploring the boat: the sun loungers Breakfast was at 7am and I was up before this having a good look around the boat and checking out the view. The nights travel had bought us around Isla Santa Cruz so we were now moored off the north western coast of […]
Day 54 : Quito to the Galãpagos (Isla Baltra, Isla Santa Cruz)
Breakfast was eaten very early as we were leaving for the airport at 6:30am. We all assembled in the hotel reception along with another GAP group also heading out to the Galápagos. In our two vans we drove off and went through the process of having our bags checked, check in and then security. There […]
In between
We head out to the Galãpagos Islands today and won’t have any email or Internet access. Expect an update in a week or so, bye for now.
Part V : Day 53 : San Jose to Quito
The trip to Quito went very smoothly and thankfully we saw no sign of trouble either at the airport or the city of Quito. We got a taxi to the San Jose airport and checked in. Proceeding through the security checks we found ourselves with a few shops to check out in the time we […]
Part 3: South America Trip with Kumuka
Santiago to Rio de Janeiro (31 December 2008 – 25 February 2009) Patagonia High Road
Part 2: South America Trip with Kumuka
Quito to Santiago (28 October – 30 December 2008) South America Explorer